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Mark Eaton

Mark Eaton stats, teams and career impact

#628 all-timeCareer averages · 6.0 PPG · 7.9 RPG · 1.0 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Center
Final NBA team: Utah Jazz
Height / weight: 7 ft 4 in (224 cm) · 275 lb (125 kg)
Born: January 24, 1957
Died: May 28, 2021 (64 yrs old)
College: Cypress College, UCLA
NBA seasons: 11 seasons · 1982–83 to 1992–93

Career or season view

Career summaryMark Eaton was a center who played 11 NBA seasons, from 1982–83 through 1992–93.

Career PPG: 6.0
Career RPG: 7.9
Career APG: 1.0; #41 in 1984–85; #628 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Mark Eaton ranks #628 all time

Mark Eaton ranks #628 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #52.3. His full-career value ranks #423, so longevity is a major reason he lands this high.

Peak#41 in 1984–85

Best league finish

Sustained excellence11 ranked seasons

450+ minutes required per season

Career breadth11 seasons

875 games · Career Value Rank #423

NBA honorsAll-Star · 5× All-Defense · 2× DPOYContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: Utah Jazz
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 45.8%FG%
Three-point: 0.0%3P%
Free throw: 64.9%FT%

875 career games · 25,169 minutes

Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.

Traditional box score

Mark Eaton stats by season

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1992–93	2.8	4.1	0.3	-2.01	UTA	64	57	17.3	54.6%	—	70.0%	#203	-0.2
1991–92	3.3	6.1	0.5	-1.11	UTA	81	81	25.0	44.6%	—	59.8%	#159	35.9
1990–91	5.1	8.3	0.6	-0.97	UTA	80	80	32.3	57.9%	—	63.4%	#159	52.6
1989–90	4.8	7.3	0.5	-0.40	UTA	82	82	27.8	52.7%	—	66.9%	#130	73.0
1988–89	6.2	10.3	1.0	+0.28	UTA	82	82	35.5	46.2%	—	66.0%	#86	135.8
1987–88	7.0	8.7	0.7	-1.42	UTA	82	82	33.3	41.8%	—	62.3%	#156	33.6
1986–87	7.7	8.8	1.3	+0.22	UTA	79	79	31.7	40.0%	—	65.7%	#89	119.5
1985–86	8.4	8.4	1.3	+0.83	UTA	80	80	31.9	47.0%	—	60.4%	#74	155.3
1984–85	9.7	11.3	1.5	+1.88	UTA	82	82	34.3	44.9%	—	71.2%	#41	238.8
1983–84	5.6	7.3	1.4	+1.41	UTA	82	78	26.1	46.6%	0.0%	59.3%	#42	159.6
1982–83	4.3	5.7	1.4	+0.36	UTA	81	32	18.9	41.4%	0.0%	65.6%	#87	80.8
Career	6.0	7.9	1.0	—	UTA	875	—	28.8	45.8%	0.0%	64.9%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

What these measures mean

Era-centered box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average.
Impact Rate Rank: The player's place among qualified players in one season.
Value contribution / Season Value: Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
Career Impact Rank: An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.

Career Impact Rank#628

66.4 composite · lower is better

Best 5#631

66.0 average league finish

Career Value Rank#423

1,085 total value

Career standing

How Mark Eaton ranks all time

These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.

Number-one seasons0

Best in the league

Top-five seasons0

Elite finishes

Top-ten seasons0

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin0.0

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score66.4

Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes receive 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights. Missing seasons receive a replacement finish just below the player's typical qualified field. Lower is better.

Best 3 effective weight: 74%
Missing-season finish: 258.0
Qualified seasons: 11
All-time rank: #628

Strongest seasons

Every season

Mark Eaton advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage


1992–93Historical Defense Estimate	UTA	36	64	1,104	-2.01	31.5	#203	-0.2	32nd	Broad
1991–92Historical Defense Estimate	UTA	35	81	2,023	-1.11	45.3	#159	35.9	52nd	Broad
1990–91Historical Defense Estimate	UTA	34	80	2,580	-0.97	45.7	#159	52.6	54th	Broad
1989–90Historical Defense Estimate	UTA	33	82	2,281	-0.40	55.1	#130	73.0	62nd	Broad
1988–89Historical Defense Estimate	UTA	32	82	2,914	+0.28	67.7	#86	135.8	75th	Broad
1987–88Historical Defense Estimate	UTA	31	82	2,731	-1.42	38.0	#156	33.6	46th	Broad
1986–87Historical Defense Estimate	UTA	30	79	2,505	+0.22	65.6	#89	119.5	73rd	Broad
1985–86Historical Defense Estimate	UTA	29	80	2,551	+0.83	71.3	#74	155.3	82nd	Broad
1984–85Historical Defense Estimate	UTA	28	82	2,813	+1.88	84.2	#41	238.8	89th	Broad
1983–84Historical Defense Estimate	UTA	27	82	2,139	+1.41	83.5	#42	159.6	81st	Broad
1982–83Historical Defense Estimate	UTA	26	81	1,528	+0.36	66.0	#87	80.8	64th	Broad

Career movement

Mark Eaton's career impact by season

Peak +1.88 in 1984–85 · 11 seasons · 25,169 minutes

The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. The vertical scale adapts to this player's range and always includes zero.

Era-centered box impactMinutes

Player-specific impact scaleWorkload

Career comparison

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Mark EatonMychal Thompson

Era-centered box impactEstimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average · dashed marker means the player did not play

Mark Eaton and Mychal Thompson era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Mark Eaton	Mychal Thompson
1	0.4	0.4
2	1.4	1.1
3	1.9	2.1
4	0.8	1.2
5	0.2	2.0
6	-1.4	0.7
7	0.3	-2.3
8	-0.4	-2.1
9	-1.0	-2.6
10	-1.1	-1.8
11	-2.0	-2.5
12	Did not play	-3.3

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Similar career arcs

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The career-similarity score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and experience-aligned trajectory. It describes career shape, not playing style, equal ability, or probability.

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career similarity score

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92/100 closest-season score · 1984–85 ↔ 1953–54

How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →